inittab directory

There is no /etc/inittab in Ubuntu since Edgy. Init has been replaced by Upstart (an event-driven initialisation application). The relevant files are now in /etc/event.d and they are upstart scripts. There are also .conf files in /etc/init.

For details about upstart, see http://upstart.ubuntu.com/

Can you also say what is the difference between /etc/event.d directory
and /etc/rc.local file . Does both are doing same job ?
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On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 1:17 PM, gzarkadas <
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> There is no /etc/inittab in Ubuntu since Edgy. Init has been replaced by
> Upstart (an event-driven initialisation application). The relevant files
> are now in /etc/event.d and they are upstart scripts. There are also
> .conf files in /etc/init.
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> For details about upstart, see http://upstart.ubuntu.com/
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Files in /etc/event.d are event specifications; they declare the events that start/stop them and the code to run. /etc/rc.local is a place for the local admin to insert some code that executes when the SysV runlevel scripts are executed (during startup and during runlevel changes).

Use rc.local when you just want to append some specific code to system initialisation (that is, most of the time).

Use a new/modified event at /etc/event.d when you want to respond in a new way to a specific event (that is, infequently).